A car accident in St. Joseph shows how traffic citations from a crash can impact a subsequent personal injury case. St. Joseph Car Accident Leads to Driver Receiving Traffic Ticket According to the early reports, the accident happened at the intersection of Woodbine Road and Frederick Avenue , in St. Joseph. Police say that, around 8:30pm on September 9, 2019, an elderly man was driving southbound ...
St. Joseph continues to place high on the list of cities that have the most car thefts per capita. The trend does not just elevate everyone’s car insurance rates; it also increases the likelihood for a car accident . St. Joseph’s Ongoing Car Theft Problem While other cities see far more car thefts in a given year, they also have far more people. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau ...
A man from St. Joseph is being charged with murder for causing a car accident earlier this month. While manslaughter charges are more common, murder charges like these can follow from fatal car crashes that happen during another crime. However, the effect they have on a personal injury case is less than you might expect. Car Accident Leads to Criminal Charges The incident happened back on August ...
The personal injury attorneys at the Smith Law Office are fighting for a grieving Kansas City father in a civil lawsuit against his son’s killers. Bar Fight Leads to Shooting Death On August 20, 2017, Thomas Orr, III was at the Californos Bar in Kansas City’s Westport Entertainment District, which had a reputation for violence. While Mr. Orr was there, a fight broke out in the bar. Despite the ...
The personal injury attorneys at the Smith Law Office are seeking justice in the wrongful death case of Thomas Orr III. As we detailed earlier in our blog, Mr. Orr III – an off-duty police officer – was an innocent bystander when he was fatally shot during a bar fight in Kansas City. The Smith Law Office is representing Mr. Orr III’s father, Thomas Orr, Jr., in a wrongful death case that also ...
The Smith Law Office is behind one of the new cases being heard at the Circuit Court in Jackson County, Missouri. The case, a personal injury lawsuit for the wrongful death of a bar patron last August in Kansas City, involves a tricky aspect of the law that few people think of: If someone dies, how can they file a lawsuit? The Death of Thomas Orr The case centers on a bar fight that happened in ...
A crash between a school bus and a mail truck in Kansas City raises some important questions about workers’ compensation law in Missouri. School Bus and Mail Truck Collide in Missouri The crash happened around 5pm on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. According to police, the mail truck and a school bus hit each other at the intersection of Delmar Lane and 103 rd Street , just over the border in Kansas. ...
A car accident in St. Joseph shows how traffic citations from a crash can impact a subsequent personal injury case. St. Joseph Car Accident Leads to Driver Receiving Traffic Ticket According to the early reports, the accident happened at the intersection of Woodbine Road and Frederick Avenue , in St. Joseph. Police say that, around 8:30pm on September 9, 2019, an elderly man was driving southbound ...
A former worker at Mosaic Life Care is suing the St. Joseph hospital for firing her. She claims that her discharge was done in retaliation for reporting a workplace injury . As we have discussed in earlier blog posts, she will have an uphill battle under a workers’ compensation law that has been stilted in favor of her employer. St. Joseph Hospital Worker Claims She Was Fired for Reporting an ...
"The City of Springfield says it would pay $250,000 to the parents and attorneys of a man fatally shot by a police officer in February. If a judge approves the proposed settlement, the city and former officer Andrew Bath would not be held liable for the death of Michael Ireland. Attorneys for Ireland's family filed the proposed wrongful death lawsuit settlement in Greene County Circuit Court on ...
A crash between a school bus and a mail truck in Kansas City raises some important questions about workers’ compensation law in Missouri. School Bus and Mail Truck Collide in Missouri The crash happened around 5pm on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. According to police, the mail truck and a school bus hit each other at the intersection of Delmar Lane and 103 rd Street , just over the border in Kansas. ...
A former worker at Mosaic Life Care is suing the St. Joseph hospital for firing her. She claims that her discharge was done in retaliation for reporting a workplace injury . As we have discussed in earlier blog posts, she will have an uphill battle under a workers’ compensation law that has been stilted in favor of her employer. St. Joseph Hospital Worker Claims She Was Fired for Reporting an ...
In our last workers’ compensation post, we covered a disturbing case where a decision by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission was overturned on appeal for a rare credibility problem . The Commission’s denial of workers’ coverage was disturbing because of how blatantly it disregarded testimony by the injured worker. But that was not the only disturbing part of the Commission’s decision. ...
A crash between a school bus and a mail truck in Kansas City raises some important questions about workers’ compensation law in Missouri. School Bus and Mail Truck Collide in Missouri The crash happened around 5pm on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. According to police, the mail truck and a school bus hit each other at the intersection of Delmar Lane and 103 rd Street , just over the border in Kansas. ...
A former worker at Mosaic Life Care is suing the St. Joseph hospital for firing her. She claims that her discharge was done in retaliation for reporting a workplace injury . As we have discussed in earlier blog posts, she will have an uphill battle under a workers’ compensation law that has been stilted in favor of her employer. St. Joseph Hospital Worker Claims She Was Fired for Reporting an ...
In our last workers’ compensation post, we covered a disturbing case where a decision by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission was overturned on appeal for a rare credibility problem . The Commission’s denial of workers’ coverage was disturbing because of how blatantly it disregarded testimony by the injured worker. But that was not the only disturbing part of the Commission’s decision. ...
A man from St. Joseph is being charged with murder for causing a car accident earlier this month. While manslaughter charges are more common, murder charges like these can follow from fatal car crashes that happen during another crime. However, the effect they have on a personal injury case is less than you might expect. Car Accident Leads to Criminal Charges The incident happened back on August ...
Two construction workers died in an accident on the job site last week. This incident highlights how the complex arrangements between general contractors and subcontractors can make it difficult to know where to turn for workers’ compensation or personal injury recovery. Two Workers Die After Falling Down Elevator Shaft The incident happened on June 4, 2018, in St. Louis, Missouri, at a building ...
A local man has been convicted of manslaughter for his role in a fatal car accident in Parnell, Missouri. The incident highlights the dangers of vehicles towing trailers or other equipment, as well as some of the rules and regulations that control these trailers. It also shows how developments in a criminal case can impact an associated wrongful death claim. Tractor Involved in Fatal Car Accident ...
